Dorset GSM Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) skills within the Dorset region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Channel Islands Cheltenham City of London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hayes Hertfordshire Home Counties Jersey Livingston London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Reading Scotland Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	48
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	5.217 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£310
% change on same period last year	+10.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£37.00
Average hourly rate	-	£39.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£39.68	£34.01
% change on same period last year	+16.66 %
Communications & Networking Dorset
Matching contract IT job ads	28	115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.123 %
Daily rates quoted	6	28
Average minimum daily rate	£266	£317
Average daily rate	£312	£339
% change on same period last year	-7.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£347	£332
% change on same period last year	+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.89	£35.34
Average hourly rate	£24.03	£37.46
% change on same period last year	-35.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.17	£39.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.93	£29.11
% change on same period last year	-4.05 %
GSM South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

GSM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GSM across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

GSM
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GSM across the Dorset region.